The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence brought a completely new look to our campaign this summer, coming together to do what they do best – help bring awareness to gay rights issues!

The Sisters are a world-wide organization famous for their charity work and protests, utilizing a unique combination of drag and Catholic imagery. Their use of bold visuals to make a strong statement against intolerance is definitely something we at the NOH8 Campaign can relate to!

Each Sister has her own theme, of course – but they all donned the notorious duct tape for the cause, each tailoring their custom habits to match the NOH8 Campaign colors. We love their creativity and all the work the Sisters do in the community to speak out and be heard!

The very first to pose for us was the beautiful Sister Roma, who came to us all the way from San Francisco – birthplace of the Sisters – to shoot a special cover for Gloss Magazine. We’re still finding red and white feathers around the studio!

We were also blessed with the presence of an amazing group representing the Los Angeles-based Order of Sisters. You’ll notice that unlike Sister Roma’s coronet (headpiece), the coronets of the LA Sisters resemble “the Hollywood bowl with corners.” Fun Fact: Each Order around the world has their own style of coronet!

As luck would have it, the LA Sisters were joined in the studio by famed film director Chi Chi LaRue, armed with her cherry red megaphone!

Sister Millie Terry and Sister Barbie-Q

Sister Perkie Dot and Sister Tootie Fruit

Sister Erotica Psychotica and Chi Chi LaRue

We’re very grateful to have the support of the Sisters, and hope to work with them again soon!

With the fall season upon us, we here at the NOH8 Campaign wanted to take a moment and reflect on the busy summer we’ve had. The campaign has continued growing at an exponential rate these past few months, and we’ve been overwhelmed by the support we’ve received from our community. Support has come from a number of familiar faces from various walks of life, and we’re proud to debut these photos for the very first time here on our site as part of our Summer’s End Celebration! We’ll be posting more blogs over the coming days to include more photos of these amazing individuals, so make sure to check back and see who we have in store! 🙂

Our first feature is the lovely and elegant actress Debi Mazar. Debi, currently appearing on Dancing With the Stars, proved she is willing to stand up for what she believes in no matter what, posing for marriage equality despite DWTS’s popularity among conservative audiences. She doesn’t care what other people think – Debi wants you to know that she supports equal rights!

Debi showed her support for us, so please take a minute to show your support for her! You can keep her dancing on the show by voting “09” at 1-800-VOTE-4-(09), or you can vote online at www.abc.com/dancingwiththestars

Thank you Debi!

Want to get involved by having your own NOH8 portrait taken? We’ve announced the next open shooting date for photos in the Los Angeles area! Check out our EVENTS page for more details about our SEPTEMBER 30th event!

Kim Zolciak, star of Bravo’s hit series Real Housewives of Atlanta, joins the ranks of singer Debbie Gibson, model Rachel Sterling, and fellow reality star Candace Smith as women who have all chosen to go topless for equality in order to help raise awareness for the NOH8 Campaign.

Kim’s campaign portrait makes her support for the cause loud and clear!

"I feel so strongly about gay rights for several reasons, most importantly two of my family members are gay and my Uncle John was personally affected. He was denied rights that all heterosexual Americans are allowed. I believe that regardless of your gender you should be able to choose who your partner is, whether it be same-sex or not. I am all for people being happy. I posed topless to make a LOUD statement to help this wonderful cause. Thank you NOH8 Campaign!" – Kim Zolciak

Thank YOU Kim! We’re so appreciative of your support. The NOH8 Campaign welcomes everyone who is willing to stand up against hate and make their voice heard on the issue. We don’t judge or discriminate against ANYONE based on their public image, and will continue to support those who support us! We hope all of our supporters will do the same. 🙂

Make sure to catch the feature on tonight’s THE INSIDER on CBS. Check your local listings!

We here at the NOH8 Campaign are big fans of ABC’s LOST. Huge, you might say. So you can imagine our excitement when we heard LOST’s very own Michael Emerson – who plays the unpredictable, ever-manipulative Benjamin Linus – wanted to get involved in our cause while he was in town!

Mr. Emerson donned a pair of silver hand-cuffs for his photo – symbolizing not only his character’s tendency to find himself held captive, but more importantly representing the restraints put on the GLBT community as a direct result of Proposition 8 and similar legislation around the country. Michael Emerson is the first main character from LOST to join the campaign, but we’d love for his fellow cast members to get in touch with us and join our fight for marriage equality too – so consider this your open invitation! If Benjamin Linus can do it, so can you. J That includes you, Damon and Carlton! We also want to congratulate Mr. Emerson on the recent news of his third consecutive Emmy Nomination for his portrayal of Ben on the series. Good luck at the Emmys, Michael – we’re rooting for you!Upcoming Event!